Re: CREATE DATABASE fails when template1 being accessed ...

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 02:53:41PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> ERROR:  source database "template1" is being accessed by other users
> 
> Why is this not allowed?  Not that there is generally a reason to be in 
> template1, but am curious as to why it prevents a new DB from being 
> created if someone is connected to it ...

Because we copy the files directly.  So if someone modifies one file in
the middle of the copy, or, say, we copy one index and later the table
and someone inserts into a table in the middle, then the new database is
in an inconsistent state.

There has been talk about fixing this in the past, but conclusion seems
to be "too hard to fix for too little benefit."

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